Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 399

Chapter 399 An Unexpected Joy: Mastering Magical Power (Please Subscribe)

Not Human?

Hearing this, Li Chang’an was somewhat puzzled.

His parents in this life were both human, and his ancestors were nothing special. Why would the artifact spirit think he wasn’t human?

“Could it be because my physical strength exceeds my actual cultivation level?”

Li Chang’an wondered to himself.

In the current cultivation world, it’s almost impossible to fight beyond one’s cultivation level in body refinement.

But the drop of blood he obtained in the Azure Wood Divine Tower allowed him to break this convention.

He composed himself and asked directly, “Senior, why do you say I’m not human?”

“I sensed the aura of multiple transformations and rebirths on you, eight of which were quite obvious. Your body refinement level should be the third rank, eighth level, but your actual physical strength far exceeds your current level.”

The artifact spirit’s words confirmed Li Chang’an’s conjecture.

It was precisely because this body was too strange that the artifact spirit suspected Li Chang’an wasn’t human.

According to him

, it was almost impossible for a normal human cultivator to experience this.

He suspected that Li Chang’an was a descendant of some kind of alien race.

“In ancient times, all races coexisted, and the human race was just one of them. To the human race, all other races were aliens.”

“The human race was hostile to most alien races, constantly killing each other.”

“But there were also alien races that were on friendly terms with the human race, and even intermarriage occurred…”

the artifact spirit slowly recounted.

The ancient era he spoke of was the era when the “Five Emperors of the Human Race” were born.

Back then, during the struggle for the Altar of Fortune, Li Chang’an saw numerous ancient murals in those underground passages.

Those murals almost all depicted killing and warfare.

Today,

the artifact spirit supplemented Li Chang’an with more information about that era.

“I suspect that your ancestors were the product of intermarriage between the human race and alien races.”

“The reason your physical strength far exceeds your current realm is because of the special case of ‘bloodline reversion’…”

Other cultivators might not understand.

But Li Chang’an clearly understood what the artifact spirit was saying.

Among his many friends was one who was a descendant of an alien race.

Chi Qingxuan!

She was a descendant of the Dragon-Human Race.

According to her, she displayed exceptional physical talent from a young age, leading her to suspect she possessed some kind of unawakened special spiritual body.

Later, with Li Chang’an’s help, she obtained the Dragonkin race’s inheritance beneath the abyss of that secret realm, fully understanding her origins.

From then on,

Chi Qingxuan switched to the Dragonkin race’s cultivation methods, gradually allowing her physical strength to surpass her actual cultivation level.

Although still not as strong as Li Chang’an, she was already considered a top-tier physical refiner.

Li Chang’an knew this wasn’t his situation, so he asked, “Senior, besides being a descendant of a different race, are there other circumstances that cause one’s actual physique to exceed their cultivation level?”

“Yes, but they are all extremely rare special opportunities,”

the artifact spirit replied.

Those special opportunities were rare even during the era of the Nine Great Sects.

Cultivators who obtained such opportunities were almost all people with profound fortune and great luck.

“As far as I know, the cultivation world is quite barren now, so there shouldn’t be such opportunities, but there might be exceptions.”

Although the artifact spirit spent most of his time in the secret realm, he wasn’t completely ignorant of the outside world.

Through the cultivators of the Purple Cloud Sect…

He was aware of the current state of the cultivation world.

“However, whether you are a descendant of a different race or a person of great fortune, this assessment is meaningless to you.”

“Senior, why is that?”

“According to the rules I established back then, the cultivation level of all demonic beasts will be the same as your own.”

The artifact spirit explained helplessly to Li Chang’an.

Li Chang’an’s body refinement cultivation was only at the third tier, eighth level, not even reaching the peak of the third tier.

Therefore,

the assessment targets arranged for him by the artifact spirit could only be demonic beasts equivalent to the third tier, eighth level of body refinement.

However,

Li Chang’an’s actual body refinement strength was too strong.

These physically powerful demonic beasts were like rag dolls to him, easily torn apart.

Even if he stood still, letting these demonic beasts tear him apart wouldn’t matter.

Under these circumstances,

not even three hundred, let alone three thousand, could harm him.

“Unless I change the rules, this assessment is meaningless to you.”

“Of course, the problem isn’t with you, but with myself. It’s because I was lazy back then and set the assessment content too simplistic, just pure slaughter.”

The artifact spirit stated.

He set the assessment so simply because he believed that truly exceptional geniuses were unlikely to emerge in the current cultivation world.

But he had encountered Li Chang’an, an anomaly.

Unwilling to change the rules at the last minute, he had no choice but to let Li Chang’an pass.

“These are the rules I set myself; I can’t go back on my word, otherwise, how am I any different from you human cultivators?”

Hearing this, Li Chang’an immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He had initially worried that the spirit would be unreasonable.

Now it seemed he had worried unnecessarily.

“Fortunately, my physique is special.”

Li Chang’an couldn’t help but recall his trip to the Azure Wood Divine Tower.

That Azure Wood Divine Tower was a treasure bestowed upon the Great Qi by the Azure Wood Heavenly Lord, and many strange and wondrous things happened within it.

“Could there be more Crimson Gold Blood inside the Azure Wood Divine Tower?”

Just one drop of Crimson Gold Blood had caused such a dramatic change in him.

If he could obtain a few more drops,

his physique would likely become even more astonishing.

“If I have the chance in the future, I should try to enter the Azure Wood Divine Tower again. However, it seems that a powerful alien monster is being suppressed inside the tower, so I can’t be careless. I need to improve my own strength first.”

With this in mind,

Li Chang’an asked the artifact spirit.

“Senior, what kind of evaluation would I receive for my current performance?”

“Evaluation of you…”

The artifact spirit paused for a moment.

His gaze was complex as he looked at Li Chang’an before finally speaking.

This time, his evaluation wasn’t four words, but two:

“Excellent!”

If these two words were known to the people of the Zixia Sect, it would surely cause a huge uproar.

In the entire Zixia Sect’s ten thousand years of history, no one had ever received such an evaluation.

Li Chang’an was suspicious.

If True Monarch Zixia knew of this evaluation, he would disregard his reputation and capture him for study.

With his current strength, he had no need to fear True Monarch Zixia, but it was better to avoid trouble and not attract too much attention.

Thinking of this,

he immediately requested the artifact spirit: “Senior, when you announce the battle results later, could you please allow me to keep a low profile?”

“Keep a low profile?”

The artifact spirit’s expression was strange; he understood Li Chang’an’s thoughts.

He scrutinized Li Chang’an again: “It seems you’ve been hiding your strength for years, preferring to scheme behind people’s backs. You’re not the kind of renowned prodigy.”

Li Chang’an smiled: “Senior has a keen eye for people.”

“Your personality isn’t bad either. Although you can’t enjoy the feeling of being the center of attention, you’ve always lived a long life. If my master back then had been like you, he wouldn’t have died in the great calamity.”

The artifact spirit commented seriously.

His tone was calm, but it clearly carried a hint of praise.

“I don’t want to lie. Given your excellent performance, I can make an exception for you. I’ll say your kill count is ‘ninety-five heads.’ What do you think?”

“That would be best. Thank you, Senior!”

Li Chang’an immediately thanked him.

Ninety-five heads—that number was just right. It meant his talent and potential were no less than that of top-tier holy sons and daughters, enough to earn him attention.

He knew very well that

he couldn’t be too low-key, otherwise he wouldn’t gain the trust of outsiders and would miss many opportunities.

“Senior, since my evaluation is ‘excellent,’ may I enter the core area of this ruin?”

Li Chang’an explained his purpose.

The spirit shook its head slightly, not immediately agreeing.

“Li Chang’an, to you, this place is merely an ancient ruin submerged by time, but in my heart, it remains a branch of the Beast Taming Sect,”

it told Li Chang’an.

This core area was extremely important to him.

The familiar scenes within reminded him of the beautiful days before the great calamity.

Therefore,

it didn’t want outsiders to enter.

Even the slightest change would be unacceptable to it.

“Why do you insist on entering this core area?”

the spirit inquired about Li Chang’an’s true purpose.

If it was merely for treasure hunting, it could offer several precious items.

Li Chang’an replied, “Senior, I wish to obtain a fourth-tier Beast Taming Wheel.”

“A fourth-tier Beast Taming Wheel? I don’t have one here, but I can provide you with the forging method.”

With that, a flash of light appeared in his hand, revealing a jade slip.

He handed the jade slip to Li Chang’an, saying, “This contains the forging method for Beast Taming Wheels, ranging from Tier 1 to near Tier 5. Anything higher is the core inheritance of my Beast Taming Sect, which I cannot give to you.”

“Thank you, Senior!”

Li Chang’an’s face lit up as he accepted the jade slip.

He probed it with a wisp of divine sense, perusing its contents, confirming that the spirit hadn’t lied to him.

It was indeed the forging method for Tier 1 to near Tier 5 Beast Taming Wheels!

While there wasn’t anything higher, it was enough.

His weapon-refining skills had only reached Tier 4, low grade, with no further inheritance and no path to forge his own.

“A low-grade fourth-tier Beast Taming Wheel is enough to suppress that six-winged water serpent.”

Li Chang’an carefully put away the jade slip, intending to examine it more closely upon returning.

At this moment,

another jade slip appeared in the spirit’s hand.

He handed it to Li Chang’an as well.

“Given your excellent performance, this high-grade fourth-tier Beast Taming Inheritance is an extra reward from me. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at any time.”

Hearing this, Li Chang’an was even more delighted.

He had already achieved his goal for this trip, and this item was an unexpected bonus.

“A high-grade fourth-tier inheritance!”

Li Chang’an had never received an inheritance of such a high grade before.

Before today, the highest grade of all the inheritances he had received was only low-grade fourth-tier.

He took the jade slip, flipped through the contents of the inheritance, and quickly found the chapter on cultivating the Xuan Water Turtle and the Yellow Sand Dog.

Some of the details therein were very helpful to him.

The spirit told him, “If you can become a fourth-tier Beast Tamer, when the Beast Taming Sect reappears in the cultivation world, you can become a guest elder of the Beast Taming Sect based on your fourth-tier skills.”

“Senior, are you waiting for the return of the Nine Great Sects?”

“That’s right.”

“Does Senior know where the Nine Great Sects are taking refuge from the calamity?”

“How would I know?”

The spirit shook its head, simply indicating that it didn’t believe the Nine Great Sects would all be destroyed in a single calamity.

The cultivation world has many ways to avoid calamities.

Behemoths like the Nine Great Sects almost all have fifth-tier diviners who can sense the impending disaster; they couldn’t possibly be unprepared.

Li Chang’an suggested, “Senior, why don’t you leave this secret realm with me and search for the Nine Great Sects throughout the cultivation world?”

“You wish! How could I follow a mere Golden Core junior like you?”

The spirit glanced at him.

It understood Li Chang’an’s thoughts perfectly.

Although it was crippled, it still possessed immense power, enough to intimidate all the current powerhouses in the cultivation world.

“Alright, go out now. If you encounter any difficulties in the path of beast taming in the future, you can come back to me!”

The artifact spirit waved its hand, intending to send Li Chang’an away.

At this moment, Li Chang’an asked a question.

“Senior, are there really no cultivators in the Zixia Sect throughout history who have performed well?”

“No!”

The artifact spirit understood what he meant.

It told Li Chang’an that

more than six thousand years ago, that genius who possessed both a Heavenly Spiritual Root and a Spiritual Body was indeed quite talented.

In terms of talent, even in the era of the Nine Great Sects, he was extremely rare.

However,

his use of magic power was very poor.

Not only him, but the other disciples of the Zixia Sect were the same.

“In this era, cultivators blindly pursue better techniques and stronger spells, but neglect the control of their own power. The spells they unleash seem incredibly powerful, but in reality, they waste a lot of magic power.”

In the artifact spirit’s eyes,

that person’s spells were strong, but the power was too scattered.

He only used three or four tenths of his full power, and the rest was wasted.

But Li Chang’an was different.

“Your control over your own magical power is far superior. I really suspect you might have received special training from one of the nine major sects, making you completely different from the cultivators of today’s cultivation world.”

Upon hearing this, Li Chang’an suddenly realized.

In his two lifetimes of dreaming back to ancient times, he had indeed received specialized training.

Of course, due to the outbreak of the Great Calamity, his training time was not long, and he could not perfectly control his own magical power, but he was still stronger than the cultivators of today’s cultivation world.

The artifact spirit continued, “The person from six thousand years ago did not need perfect control over his power. As long as he didn’t waste too much magical power, killing three hundred was not difficult.”

“The cultivators of the Zixia Sect always think I’m deliberately making things difficult for them, but I have followed a Nascent Soul cultivator before, why should I make things difficult for these Nascent Soul and Golden Core juniors?”

As for his own arrogance, the artifact spirit believed that as the artifact spirit of a Nascent Soul Immortal Sect, he had the right to be arrogant towards these Nascent Soul sect members.

After that,

he said nothing more and waved for Li Chang’an to leave the assessment space.

Li Chang’an only felt a darkness before his eyes.

When his eyes lit up again, he was back in the outside world.

At the same time,

Liu Xuanfeng and the others also appeared one after another.

Everyone’s expression was different.

“How are you all?”

“Sigh, don’t even mention it. Those demonic beasts appeared too quickly; I couldn’t kill that many at all.”

“Me too, I can only rely on Senior Brother Liu…”

“…”

The results of the several geniuses were mediocre, and their expressions were not good.

Soon,

the spirit appeared.

He still had an arrogant expression, his gaze sweeping over everyone, and he announced their results one by one.

“Thirty-eight, forty-one, fifty-five…”

The results of these geniuses who followed Liu Xuanfeng were all between thirty and sixty, which was about the same as Liu Haichao’s prediction.

As for Liu Xuanfeng,

he killed eighty-seven demonic beasts, a result worse than his father’s.

This result was only considered below average among the holy sons and daughters of the Zixia Sect throughout the generations, and could not be compared with top holy daughters like Zixi.

Because of this,

Liu Xuanfeng’s mood was not good either.

He glanced at Li Chang’an out of the corner of his eye, guessing that Li Chang’an was not much better off.

However,

he soon heard a number that he found unbelievable.

“Ninety-five!”

Liu Xuanfeng was shocked and turned to look at Li Chang’an.

He couldn’t accept that Li Chang’an, a rogue cultivator, had a better battle record than him.

In other words,

if we disregard all his trump cards and treasures, and ignore the difference in their cultivation levels, and let the two fight at the same level, he would definitely lose to Li Chang’an!

He couldn’t help but ask, “Senior, did this person really kill ninety-five demonic beasts with his own strength?”

“What, you suspect I’m lying to you? What right do you have to be lied to by me?”

The artifact spirit’s expression was arrogant, its tone indifferent.

It looked at Liu Xuanfeng and the others.

“You call yourselves geniuses, yet you can’t even compare to a rogue cultivator with a low-grade spiritual root. Calling you trash is an overestimation! If I were you, I would give up cultivation long ago, lest I dishonor the word ‘cultivation’.”

Hearing this,

the geniuses were both angry and frustrated, because they were indeed inferior to Li Chang’an and had no idea how to retaliate, so they were all flushed with anger.

Before they could think of a response, the artifact spirit waved its hand.

“Whoosh—”

A gust of wind swept in.

Everyone was instantly swept outside the ruins.

This meant that the assessment was officially over.

They looked at each other, then at Li Chang’an, their expressions incredibly complicated, and finally could only leave.

The return journey was more silent than the way there.

Almost no one spoke.

The others had become taciturn because of this blow, constantly reflecting on their own shortcomings.

Liu Xuanfeng, on the other hand, was filled with killing intent.

“Although Li Chang’an’s strength is greater than mine at the same level, he is only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, while I am already at the late stage of the Golden Core realm, and I also have a fourth-tier trump card bestowed by a True Monarch. Killing him shouldn’t be difficult.”

The cultivation world isn’t always fair; not everyone has the opportunity to fight at the same level.

Liu Xuanfeng didn’t intend to give Li Chang’an a chance to grow stronger.

This was because

Li Chang’an’s performance this time had already given him a serious sense of crisis.

“The cultivation world is currently in great chaos, and the demonic invasion is intensifying. Zi Xi can’t protect him forever.”

Liu Xuanfeng suppressed his killing intent and devised a series of plans in his mind.

A few days later.

The group successfully left the secret realm.

They came before True Monarch Zixia and bowed in unison.

“Greetings, Senior!”

“Greetings, Supreme Elder!”

True Monarch Zixia used several bursts of magic power to lift them up and inquired about the results of the assessment.

The group spoke in turn, stating their battle records.

When Liu Xuanfeng said the number “eighty-seven,” True Monarch Zixia and Zi Xi remained calm, only Liu Haichao smiled.

But the smile on his face quickly froze, because he heard Li Chang’an’s ninety-five heads.

This number matched Zi Xi’s prediction, surpassing Liu Haichao’s record from back then.

Even if he were to undergo the assessment again now, he might not be able to surpass it.

Although his cultivation level was higher than before, the cultivation levels of the demonic beasts in the assessment space would also increase accordingly.

“Fellow Daoist Li’s potential is indeed not low!”

Although Zi Xi had expected it, she was still somewhat surprised.

Li Chang’an was only a few heads lower than her, surpassing the vast majority of geniuses throughout the history of the Zixia Sect, and comparable to top-tier holy sons and holy daughters even with lower-grade spiritual roots!

(End of this chapter)